IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Sr. No.103 CRWP-2920-2025 Date of decision: 25.03.2025 Vikas @ Vicky ....Petitioner Versus State of Haryana and others ....Respondents CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DEEPAK SIBAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.S. GREWAL Present: Mr. Navdeep Singh, Advocate for Mr. R.S. Dhull, Advocate, for the petitioner. Mr. Randhir Singh, Addl. A.G., Haryana. * * * DEEPAK SIBAL, J. (Oral) 1. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that he restricts his prayer to the issuance of directions to respondent No.2 to finally dispose of the petitioner’s application dispatched by the jail authorities to respondents No.2 and 3 on 02.01.2025 for grant of parole as the same has been pending decision for nearly 02 months. 2. Learned State counsel has no objection to the acceptance of the afore alternate prayer made on behalf of the petitioner. 3. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and going through the record, we find that the decision on the petitioner’s application for grant of parole has been unnecessarily delayed by the State which is also against the spirit behind Section 12 of the Haryana Good Conduct Prisoners (Temporary Release) Act, 2022. JYOTI SHARMA 2025.03.28 15:44 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh CRWP-2920-2025 -2- 4. In the light of the above, we dispose of the instant petition with a direction to respondent No.2 to take a final decision on the petitioner’s application forwarded to respondent No.2 on 02.01.2025 for the grant of parole within two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance with law. (DEEPAK SIBAL) JUDGE (H. S. GREWAL) JUDGE March 25, 2025 Jyoti 1 Whether speaking/reasoned Yes/No Whether reportable Yes/no JYOTI SHARMA 2025.03.28 15:44 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Punjab and Haryana High Court, Chandigarh